Leonard William King
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British academic (1869–1919)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 December 1869
- Died
- 20 August 1919
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Babylonian magic and Sorcery being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand". The cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae edited with transliterations, translations and full vocabulary from tablets of the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum
- Egypt and Western Asia in the light of recent discoveries
- The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistûn in Persia
- First steps in Assyrian
- History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- curator
- Educated at
- King's College
- Employer
- British Museum
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Palestine Exploration Fund
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Letters
- Field of work
- Babylonian art
- Number of children
- 2
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1869-12-08
- date of death
- 1919-08-20
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- place of burial
- Abney Park Cemetery
- date of burial or cremation
- 1919-08-25
- Commons Creator page
- Leonard William King
- Commons category
- Leonard William King
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